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A Cardiologist Answers: What Is an Echocardiogram and Why Do I Need One?

A Cardiologist Answers: What Is an Echocardiogram and Why Do I Need One?

February 17, 2021

From Cleveland Clinic

If your primary care doctor or cardiologist has ordered a transthoracic echocardiogram, don’t fret – it’s not as intimidating as it might sound.

Called an “echo test” for short, it’s a painless test that’s noninvasive and doesn’t use ionizing radiation. What it does do is equip your doctors with critical information about how your heart is functioning that can help them diagnose and treat disease, or confirm that things are working just fine.

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